Web Project Based Language Learning for Developing the Academic English Speaking Skills among Student Teachers of English

This research aimed to develop the academic English speaking skills among student teachers of English. The research design was one group pre and post-test quasi-experimental design. The participants were 66 4th year (senior) student teachers of English at Ismailia Faculty of Education in Suez Canal University. In fulfillment of their needs for oral academic interaction success at the faculty as well as oral communication as competent language teachers at schools, this research was oriented towards the participants’ academic English speaking skills of description of visuals, picture narration, interpretive explanation, summarization and academic talking based on illustrating or contrasting. Two web projects were developed and introduced via the use of Web Project Based Language Learning as a hybrid pedagogy of Web Based Language Learning and Project Based Learning. Web Project One is on Independent (stand-alone) Academic Speaking and Web Project Two is on Integrated Academic Speaking. Four tools were developed, validated and implemented by the researcher. They were: 1) Needs Assessment Questionnaire, 2) Independent Academic English speaking Test, 3) Integrated Academic Speaking Test and 4) Online Survey by the end of experimentation. The findings revealed that Web Project Based Language Learning had a high positive impact on the academic English speaking skills among the senior teachers of English.